Elvis Ate Here

Elvis Presley’s relationship with Las Vegas was long and storied, beginning with a 1956 performance at The New Frontier, and of course culminating in his seven-year residency in The International (later a Hilton, and now Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino), where he performed 636 consecutive sold-out shows between 1969 and 1976. He would reshape the city’s entertainment scene, but where did he dine? Like most of the marquee names of the day, he had a regular booth (four) at The Golden Steer, where he would order an off-menu hamburger made from filet trimmings.

In honor of his 90th birthday this year, his estate gifted the restaurant two of his gold records and a custom-framed 1969 performance photo from the International. You can reserve his booth, but we don’t recommend asking for the burger: it's not on the menu, and you’re not Elvis.

He was more frequently sighted at Tiffany’s Diner, the ’50s-style café inside the now-shuttered White Cross Drugs, where he would order steak and eggs at the lunch counter while he waited for his prescriptions. Those days are gone, but Tiffany’s became Vickie’s Diner before White Cross closed, and Vickie’s has faithfully recreated its pink booths and lunch counter north of the Westgate on East Sahara (yes, you can order steak and eggs).

The Peppermill Restaurant & Fireside Lounge is one of the city’s enduring icons, opening at the peak of his residency in 1972. There’s no specific record of The King’s order there (other than a Coke), but the menu has always included diner staples like giant pancakes, burgers, and steak and eggs. His typical room service orders at the International included those famous peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwiches, especially late at night after his shows. The hotel chef, George Zeros, prepared custom items for him like baked chicken coated with potato chips. Despite the deluxe choices on the Elvis Summer Festival menu you see here, he was not likely dining from it. In fact, it was a souvenir menu with a back cover that advertised a four LP gift boxed set that included “something from Elvis’ wardrobe.”

Last year, The Westgate redesigned his top-floor suite as the lavish, 13,200-square-foot Imperial Sky Villa, now an homage to him with artwork and photos. And if you’re paying the kind of scratch it takes to check into Elvis’s suite, you might as well call in-room dining and see what they can do about that peanut butter and bacon sandwich.